Seven feel-good science stories to restore your faith in 2025

Immense progress in gene-editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025.

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AI chatbots can sway voters with remarkable ease — is it time to worry?

Experiments involving real-world voters show how talking to a chatbot can shape people’s political opinions.

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‘Fire amoeba’ survives in hotter conditions than any other complex cell

The single-celled organism can grow at 63 °C, a record for eukaryotic life.

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Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI

Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.

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